An account of the introduction of merin sheep into the differnt states of Europe, and at the Cape of Good Hope
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An account of the introduction of merin sheep into the differnt states of Europe, and at the Cape of Good Hope
(Cambridge library collection, . History)
Cambridge University Press, 2011
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"This edition first published 1810. This digitally printed version 2011"--T.p. verso
Description and Table of Contents
Description
During the eighteenth century, Spain relaxed its stringent export restrictions on Merino sheep, whose notably fine fleeces had long ensured the reputation of the Spanish woollen industry. Merinos were introduced around Europe and in 1792 Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society, established the first British flock in George III's gardens at Kew. This book, describing the qualities and adaptability of the Merino, was originally published in Paris in 1802 by the French agriculturalist and aristocrat C. P. Lasteyrie (1759-1849). It appeared in 1810 in this English translation by Benjamin Thompson (1775/6-1816), a professional playwright and translator, who was also an unsuccessful agricultural speculator and, briefly, secretary to the Merino Society. Documenting the spread of the Merino, regional variations in breeding regulations and husbandry practices, and wool yields, prices and taxation, this promotional treatise sheds light on the history of both agriculture and commodity trading.
Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Part I: 1. General remarks
- 2. Sweden
- 3. The Danish states
- 4. Saxony
- 5. The Prussian states
- 6. The Austrian states
- 7. France
- 8. Holland
- 9. The Cape of Good Hope
- 10. Italy
- 11. Great-Britain
- Part II: 1. Sweden
- 2. The Danish states
- 3. Saxony
- 4. The Prussian states
- 5. The Austrian states
- 6. France
- 7. Holland
- 8. Italy
- 9. Explanation of the frontispiece.
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